Manchester Brigade under 'fire'
MANDEVILLE, Manchester: THE MANCHESTER division of the Jamaica Fire Brigade came in for heavy criticism from members of the Manchester Parish Council during a recent meeting of that body, over the state of its equipment.

Parliament approves guarantee for NROC loan
PARLIAMENT HAS approved a Government guarantee on a US$75 million loan to the National Road Operating and Construction Company Limited (NROCC) from the United States-based Wachovia Bank.

New electronic trading system June
WESTERN BUREAU: A NEW electronic transaction regime, backed by appropriate legislation that protects user information and punishes cyber theft, is set to come on stream by the end of June.

It happened in June... CMU dismantled, Baby Pansy missing...
POLICE COMMISSIONER Francis Forbes announced on June 2 that he had disbanded the complaint-plagued Crime Management Unit and assigned its leader, Senior Supt. Reneto Adams...

Children born out of wedlock are still 'bastards'
NEARLY 27 years after enactment of the Status of Children Act, Jamaican children born out of wedlock are still "bastards" under the law.